Exactly. I can't imagine 4 different employees violating HIPAA.

There are people living in the woods all around Portland.

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This was just a couple days ago at PCHC. They wanted me to fill out a basic info form, it's yearly. One of the questions is your social security number.

I refused bc she had this pile of them that she was collecting, just... out. No folder, nothing. When I walked up she didn't put them away.

I know it's kind of minor but I also think it's major. Just treating people's PCI with no regards.

I'm afraid to report it bc I know PCHC will retaliate against me.

When I said something to her about this she had the look of someone who realized they fucked up. Idk. Idk if I'm making a big deal of it.

It just really put me off.

ETA I'm so, so sorry this happened to you. And they've got legal teams like crazy. Something similar happened to me and not only did pchc blame me but they pretty much wouldn't let me book apps for 6 months. I'm so sorry.

not everyone can access tiktok

> Yet, my oldest wife

How many wives do you have?

>isn’t allowed to look at his records EVER and she works in the medical field

You can absolutely request a copy of your medical records. Usually this has to go through the records department and falls into a queue with other requests. Lot's of health care employers require that you go through this process to request your records and not look yourself up in their EMR (others have no problem with it).

To sue for emotional distress allegedly caused by HIPPA violations? That's the best I got... But I'm not sure how liable they would be.

You need to be more public about these abuses. Post on FB, write to the Ellsworth American and apprise people that your privacy was violated by 4 employees "at a major local medical provider", advising people of their medical privacy rights under federal and state law. I was a Privacy Officer at that place, so I know for sure that these actions are listed under "causes for termination". Did they fire them? Can they 'guarantee' these 4 employees will never again have access to medical data? Find out if their commitment to employee discipline policy is greater that their commitment to patient medical privacy, and publicly report the results.

Unfortunately you can't sue for these kind of things. The only thing they can do is fire the 4 employees involved. You can in turn threaten to do harm to the hospital's reputation.

Oh my god, that is so terrible. I’m sorry she had that experience. Totally reckless and unprofessional.

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I love how people are connecting this way in Maine

Why? Does deomgraphical changes bother you?

Your friend needs to ask for a record of their file. They may have filled out a release form at one point giving their said boyfriend (now ex boyfriend) access to their records and never asked for the ex to be remove.

I guess my point is sort of in agreement with you. We aren't the experts here and none of our opinions really matter in the end.

If you watch the linked TikTok, Northern Light Health did an audit and found a couple of accesses that may have been less than legitimate, but its really unclear if these people are connected to OP's "friend's" ex. It also seems like all offending parties no longer work for Northern Light.

Yet, my oldest wife isn’t allowed to look at his records EVER and she works in the medical field. Something wrong with this picture. She needs to get Protective from abuse papers.

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OP also accused the mods of working for Northern Light Health.

There seems some truth--I watched the TikTok video and it does show a letter verifying that OP's "friend" had some people access PHI in less-than-legitimate circumstances. That being said I have some experience in this area and almost always its the patient oversharing their own information to people they shouldn't trust.

I also don't know what sort of "justice" OP wants here. It seems like all offending parties no longer work for Northern Light.

Not for the purpose of a lawsuit, but rather to assist with proving if HIPAA compliance was broken.

Did the tik tok not have the info or?

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They should but it won't help with the HIPAA violation. HIPAA does not allow for private action.

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Your post history looks like everyone you know is in trouble or medically getting jacked over.

The friend should get a lawyer if they don't already have one.

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